Comments on: Andre Miller: The Magic Are Better Without Dwight http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/ Dime is your daily source for NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, NBA Videos and Sneakers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ab_40 http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140229 ab_40 Sat, 02 May 2009 16:52:59 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140229 y'all should've givein him the no 2 jersey moses malone not no 6 dr J cmon he can't move play or dunk like the doctor but he can rebound like malone y’all should’ve givein him the no 2 jersey moses malone not no 6 dr J cmon he can’t move play or dunk like the doctor but he can rebound like malone

]]> By: Kudabeen http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140227 Kudabeen Sat, 02 May 2009 16:14:04 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140227 Katz: Good look with selecting that Dwight cover wearing the Sixers jersey... Katz:

Good look with selecting that Dwight cover wearing the Sixers jersey…

]]> By: Kudabeen http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140219 Kudabeen Sat, 02 May 2009 15:11:47 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140219 They are better against the Sixers who historically struggle against fast pace teams with more than one shooter on the floor...I've never seen a team have such trouble year after year to guard the three point line and figure out defensive rotations. Even when Larry Brown was in Philly we would have those games against teams that shoot the three well that you knew sixers wouldn't win without Iverson dropping 40 or someone else hitting shots... Dwight doesn't get many shots, but he also doesn't move the ball as well either. You don't see many people cutting when he has the ball in the post, because he doesn't hit people on the move cleanly if ever. He goes into his predictable offensive routine that his athleticism turns into scores or Freethrow attempts. Rashard Lewis had the kind of game against the Sixers that he can have regularly, but he is allowed to coast. Hedo is not a winning piece with Orlando. He doesn't add as much to the team as people think, especially in Playoffs. I still feel they should have traded him to Pacers and figured out a way to get Troy Murphy and some young pieces...or something. Cavs will beat Orlando with or without Dwight... They are better against the Sixers who historically struggle against fast pace teams with more than one shooter on the floor…I’ve never seen a team have such trouble year after year to guard the three point line and figure out defensive rotations. Even when Larry Brown was in Philly we would have those games against teams that shoot the three well that you knew sixers wouldn’t win without Iverson dropping 40 or someone else hitting shots…

Dwight doesn’t get many shots, but he also doesn’t move the ball as well either. You don’t see many people cutting when he has the ball in the post, because he doesn’t hit people on the move cleanly if ever. He goes into his predictable offensive routine that his athleticism turns into scores or Freethrow attempts.

Rashard Lewis had the kind of game against the Sixers that he can have regularly, but he is allowed to coast. Hedo is not a winning piece with Orlando. He doesn’t add as much to the team as people think, especially in Playoffs. I still feel they should have traded him to Pacers and figured out a way to get Troy Murphy and some young pieces…or something.

Cavs will beat Orlando with or without Dwight…

]]> By: solomon (el latino machismo) http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140167 solomon (el latino machismo) Sat, 02 May 2009 02:32:27 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140167 naaahhh.. they heard that from gortat... he'd be starting if he ain't got d-ho in front of him... L...O...L...! in fairness, the polish phenom ate dalembert alive, made him look like cheik samb, and disrespected his D big time.. still, no way o-town would be better w/o the man-beast... naaahhh.. they heard that from gortat… he’d be starting if he ain’t got d-ho in front of him… L…O…L…!

in fairness, the polish phenom ate dalembert alive, made him look like cheik samb, and disrespected his D big time..

still, no way o-town would be better w/o the man-beast…

]]> By: ScottNAtl http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140118 ScottNAtl Fri, 01 May 2009 21:02:06 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140118 Well to say they're better is a little misguided. To say they play a different style and each player enjoys the opportunity to show their game, which adds extra energy to the entire team, I will agree. Who is keeping Lewis from driving the lane and then dunking or passing the ball to Howard when the D collapses on either one? I would say Lewis is. As long as he scores I don't think SVG cares how. Oh wait, Andre did show up for the final team meeting. Now that's a team player even if he is an unrestricted free agent! Well to say they’re better is a little misguided. To say they play a different style and each player enjoys the opportunity to show their game, which adds extra energy to the entire team, I will agree. Who is keeping Lewis from driving the lane and then dunking or passing the ball to Howard when the D collapses on either one? I would say Lewis is. As long as he scores I don’t think SVG cares how. Oh wait, Andre did show up for the final team meeting. Now that’s a team player even if he is an unrestricted free agent!

]]> By: Ian http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140114 Ian Fri, 01 May 2009 20:57:52 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140114 craig its not the same howard missed just one game vs a bad philly team , tmac has missed alot of games and the records say they play better without him. sample size is way to big on the tmac case. another thing is that defensive player usually dont harm your team like offensive players like tmac. someone said commonsense to your post but we have to see the magic go half a season without howard to see how they do we have already seen that with tmac. boston did keep winning without garnett but not as comfortably and they werent losing with him in the first round like tmac. so again this isnt anywhere near the same as tmac. opps almost forgot that howard isnt half the player he used to be like tmac. craig
its not the same
howard missed just one game vs a bad philly team , tmac has missed alot of games and the records say they play better without him. sample size is way to big on the tmac case. another thing is that defensive player usually dont harm your team like offensive players like tmac.

someone said commonsense to your post but we have to see the magic go half a season without howard to see how they do we have already seen that with tmac.

boston did keep winning without garnett but not as comfortably and they werent losing with him in the first round like tmac.

so again this isnt anywhere near the same as tmac. opps almost forgot that howard isnt half the player he used to be like tmac.

]]> By: J.Tobias http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140109 J.Tobias Fri, 01 May 2009 20:42:28 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140109 Same thing with the Wizards last year, everyone screamed there better without Gilbert. This season really told the true story because regardless of injuries the Wiz brought out two all-stars for almost the complete season and still didn't get it done. Same thing with the Wizards last year, everyone screamed there better without Gilbert. This season really told the true story because regardless of injuries the Wiz brought out two all-stars for almost the complete season and still didn’t get it done.

]]> By: LLJ http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140077 LLJ Fri, 01 May 2009 19:10:26 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140077 I agree with the sentiment in here that Dwight's value to the Magic shouldn't be questioned. But McGrady is a different story. Would the Rockets be better without the 2002-2005 edition of McGrady. Obviously not. But the McGrady of this season, or even last season, had been increasingly a defensive weak link on the team, while not being a potent (or efficient) enough scorer anymore to compensate for it. So yes, I do think the Rockets might well be better without the beaten down, washed up T-Mac of the past two seasons. I agree with the sentiment in here that Dwight’s value to the Magic shouldn’t be questioned.

But McGrady is a different story. Would the Rockets be better without the 2002-2005 edition of McGrady. Obviously not. But the McGrady of this season, or even last season, had been increasingly a defensive weak link on the team, while not being a potent (or efficient) enough scorer anymore to compensate for it. So yes, I do think the Rockets might well be better without the beaten down, washed up T-Mac of the past two seasons.

]]> By: G http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140076 G Fri, 01 May 2009 19:09:32 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140076 OR Andre Miller is lying. Bitches be liars. OR Andre Miller is lying. Bitches be liars.

]]> By: G http://dimemag.com/2009/05/andre-miller-the-magic-are-better-without-dwight/comment-page-1/#comment-140075 G Fri, 01 May 2009 19:08:30 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=10595#comment-140075 I think it came from Alston. He took on a much bigger role in the offense last night. I think it came from Alston. He took on a much bigger role in the offense last night.

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